Many thanks for your answer.
Does I understand it right, that replacing xs:any with more than one
xs:element is not allowed for XML Schema 1.0 but it will be allowed for XML
Schema 1.1?
David
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Henry S. Thompson [mailto:ht@inf.ed.ac.uk]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. November 2004 00:39
> An: David Kruppke
> Cc: xmlschema-dev@w3.org
> Betreff: Re: Question about xs:anyAttribute and xs:any
>
>
> "David Kruppke" <kruppke@gefeg.com> writes:
>
> > If I understand the rules right then it is possible to have
> more than one
> > attribute in the inherit type that matches the namespace
> requirements of one
> > xs:anyAttribute in the base type.
>
> Correct.
>
> > But as I understand it is different for xs:any. I interpret the rules so
> > that I can only replace the xs:any with one xs:element. If I
> want to have
> > more than one I have to replace the xs:any with xs:sequence,
> xs:choice or
> > xs:all.
>
> Yes, as long as the xs:any has min/max appropriate to the
> xs:sequence/xs:choice/xs:all
>
> > If I try to check these conditions using the newest XERCES, it
> allows me to
> > replace one xs:any with more than one elements (depending on
> minOccurs and
> > maxOccurs).
>
> _If_ I've understood the question, I _think_ this shouldn't be
> allowed.
>
> That is, if you are saying that
>
> Base: (a, any*, b)
> Restr: (a, x, y, b)
>
> is allowed, I think the REC as written does not allow this, that it
> should allow it (supposing x and y are namespace-compatible with the
> wildcard), and that current plans for version 1.1 of XML Schema, as
> signalled in the first PWD thereof, _will_ allow it.
>
> Furthermore, as frequently mentioned here, because one of XSV's
> purposes is a test bench for the REC editors, it already implements
> 1.1 in this area, and _should_ allow it.
>
> Don't know what Xerces says about its behaviour here.
>
> ht
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